Careers Update Students in Years 9, 10 and we 11 had attending a careers fair, here in school, where 30 employers further education providers At the start of the term heldthe a privilege Careers of Festival, with a number of employers attending from aand range of industries, exhibited onthe Thursday 7th NHS, October, 2021.Teaching, The event Banking, was designed to allow students to seek information from the various employers and including Colleges, Police, Hairdressing, Armed Forces, Law to name just a few. All of KS4 colleges regarding organisations, the jobs they seek employ, the qualifications needed and the job satisfaction mightour be on represented theirtheir school wonderfully. Student andtoparent feedback was really positive forlevel an of event that reallythat showed offer, should they choose to peruse that pathway. students the bright futures they can have. We then went onto supporting them with their College applications in tutor time, with more employers coming into school conducting mock interviews; again, we had wonderful support from our local and It fantastic to be able to open our doors and create face to face careers event in school. The benefit of face to face conversations and national employers, whoa huge werebenefit all very students and their preparation for to the event. Students information gathering was to impressed our students.with Theour interactions and questioning they were able engage with, was priceless. understandably were were nervous before the interviews, butboth they walked out beaming with pride and confidence. Students and exhibitors very positive about the event and gained much from those interactions. All the employers whopreparation attended stated thenext students at and Colchester Academy were wonderful; they said they asked some very intuitive To support all this forthat their steps near future questions, were not afraid to ask challenging questions and sort as much information as they could, to help them make informed decisions challenges, we invited an organisation called PositivelyYou to teach about their futures. Students represented the school brilliantly and made us all very proud. our students some valuable study skills. The aim of the sessions was to stimulate a positive to studying to empower It was a privilege to create attitude and host such an event,and nextrevision, year we hope to make it even bigger! It was a proud moment to see the high level of students with effective study techniques and to raise and engagement in the activities. Well done to all our students, weself-belief hope the information you gathered will inspire you to aim high and seek to be the best that you can be. was aspirations. What amazing was the amount of facts they recalled about Muhammad Ali following the session, proving the mind Mrs Ross mapping technique really does work. Student feedback was really Assistant Principal positive and it is definitely a session we will do again. Mr Beezy, a well-known motivational speaker, then paid us a virtual visit about staying focused on goals and aspirations and working hard. Students responded well to the virtual sessions and gained some useful techniques to support them in the coming months and years. One full and busy term and throughout our students continued to work hard, attend period 6 sessions and show great resilience and motivation towards their school life and their goals. Well done to all our students here at Colchester Academy! Mrs Ross Assistant Principal
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Bake Sale The Year 10 students in CoPE have been focusing on working with others this half term. The students have done lots of tasks and had lots of discussions about working as a team and what good team work looks like. One of the challenges asked of the students was to ‘work with others to help raise money for a good cause’. The students spent the last 6 weeks planning, organising and researching how they were going to run the event and which charity to raise money for. Sarah, Hannah and Alfie did this with minimal input from the teacher and they came up with all the ideas themselves. The Bake Sale was a huge success and we must also say thank you to some Year 7 and Year 11 students who baked some treats for the Bake Sale. The 3 students raised over £114 for BBC Children in Need. Well done. Miss Fosker Teacher of COPE
